This article reviews Germany's corporate governance system and the effectiveness of recent reforms. Since the early 1990s far-reaching reforms have complemented the traditional stakeholder system with important elements of the shareholder system. Instead of taking a view on the superiority of...

(VF)Les médias jouent un rôle important dans les crises, en particulier, celles touchant à la création et à la répartition de la valeur de l’entreprise. L’objectif de cet article est d’analyser le rôle de la presse en tant que mécanisme de gouvernance partenariale. Ce rôle est...

This research looks at the theoretical impact of corporate governance on shareholder value maximisation in some countries of the CFA zone in Africa. Data from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire and Gabon covering the period 2005 to 2009 were used and theoretical analysis done. Theoretical...

Unsatisfied with the dominatingshareholders' point of view, that appears to betoo limited to build a relevant theory ofcorporate governance, we propose an enlargeddefinition of the value which may be called,the stakeholder value. This definition and itsassociated measure are more suitable for...

This will give an overview of the German corporate governance framework which is an important factor in the relationship with institutional investors. The corporate governance codex gives guidelines how the different stakeholder can interact together. In respect to German corporate governance it...

The reading of CAC 40 annuals reports on 1998 and 1999, based on a themes’ dictionary connected with corporate governance and shareholder value, shows evolution of financial communication. Five groups of firms which support a different shareholder influence are distinguished.